Hello my lovely WordPress family, I only intended to be away from my blog for the weekend, as it turned out it has been over one week! It seemed the more I embraced those silent pursuits away from technology, the more reluctant I was in switching the modem back on.

Swan Family~ Flood water rises in a Nature park near by on one of my walks

Often when we go within those silent moments of deep thought, they take us to the realms of realisation of how far we have come. But they also bring to the fore just how much further we still have to travel.

We all of us look after our physical health.. Well I guess you could say I have been looking after my mental health. While I am always trying to be optimistic and work with positivity, sometimes our energy wanes, and I had to sit back and ask myself why I was beginning to feel so drained and emotionally wrung out.

Unity of family~Learning by example~ Finding Peace..

I have long come to recognise ‘the Signs’ of how those emotional feelings creep up on one, and how we get embroiled within the emotional circuits of other peoples energies.. Having come through my own uphill journey, overcoming my own nervous breakdown many years ago, the signs of tearfulness over the least little thing sent the alarm bells ringing. Disengaging from the Media is one thing, but how do you disengage from your friends whom you love whose emotional journeys are pulling you this way and that.

When you are empathic by nature, sometimes the only way of protecting yourself is to withdraw for a time. And get back to basics. I have to accept the world keeps on turning and there is nothing I can do about all the negativity that happen within it. For such is the Yin and Yang of our collective progression. And without the Negative how would we experience the Positive! All is part of the cycle. And getting all emotional about the many tragedies around our globe is not going to help heal the world if I end up contributing more negative emotions to the matrix which is already circulating in abundance.

So I needed to take myself out of those vibrations and create New Energy. So what have been up? I have been embracing several new projects and sitting within the silence and just listening to what answers have been coming back from the void of space I have surrounded my mind in.

Following your instincts~ Knowing when it’s time to move on.

So over the next couple of post I will be sharing with you those projects, along with some of my thoughts and Inner guidance’s which have helped realign myself back ‘in tune’ so to speak with my ‘True Self’ something I shall be discussing in my next post.

I thank you all for your patience and will be visiting all who have left me wonderful comments and well wishes..

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Seems you time away from here was spent well, Sue – look forward to reading about the projects and I so agree we all should pull away into our private space from time to time and just float with life that awaits us, helping it along with ideas and directions that make us who we are. Giant hugs XXXX

Love that Ina.. ” Float with Life that awaits us”.. all too often we try to force life and mould it often resisting our inner guidance and intuition that tells us differently.. Over the years I have learnt that to resist such energies often means they persist even longer.. So now have learnt to go within the flow of my thoughts.. Thank you for your wise words dear Ina, and for the Giant hugs, warm ones sent right on back to you my friend ❤ xxx

Big cycle change Sue, time to reassess what has meaning, and releasing those things that no longer do.
Time to look within and truly be guided by the love within.
Looking forward to your projects my friend. Done with your love they can only be created with an unconditional grace and a beauty all their own.
Namaste

How kind of you to say Mark.. 🙂 and yes there is a Big Cycle of Change I feel is being felt by many right now.. Seeking our inner guidance and nurturing ourselves is important. I am looking forward to sharing with you all what I have been doing, and the intuitive promptings I have been writing down.. 🙂 Sending love and Blessings for a Beautiful week.. Sue 🙂

Indeed following your instinct is always in the solitude you get the answers. Blessings Sue for this lovely post. I love Swan and it is nice to see the beauty at this moment. Honor our creativity from our awareness to receive the messages. Namaste! Diane

Lovely to see you Diane, and yes even the Swan had a message for me 🙂 I am delighted you enjoyed all.. May we all learn to find ‘beauty in the moment’ for once it has gone it has gone.. Love and Blessings.. Sue ❤

Welcome back DW…I can relate exactly to what you spoke of. I am finding silence a huge friend right now. No outside stimulation at all from time to time.We need it to rejuvenate our energy. So glad you are perking up.Shoot me an email if you ever need to share 🙂 Thought I would leave a link to swan medicine. Thinking of you and sending love…VK ❤http://www.linsdomain.com/totems/pages/swan.htm

Short retreats (long ones may not be viable) at regular intervals are the way forward, to rejuvenate the spirit and regain clear perspectives. Glad to see it happening for you, Sue. Let your new thinking streams flow…best wishes.

Sweet Sue,
While I am always happy to hear from you, reading this post assures me you are on the right track for you. I agree that there was some strong imbalances evident is some of your posts over the past few months. I sense a fresher, lighter, calmness and am so pleased for you.

I am excited to learn about your new projects and anything else you are called to share.

I love who you are, who you are becoming, and who you will always be ❤

It is good to hear that you took time off in order to be in silence. I am not an empath, but there are many empaths here in the blogosphere. And from what I read, it sounds that feeling so deeply for other people can be very challenging.
I am curious about your new projects.
Love and blessings,
Karin

Thank you dear Karin.. Yes learning to recognise and then adjust is something I now know when to do.. Learning that we are not always feeling our own energies is the Key.. 🙂 And I will be sharing soon what I have been doing 🙂 xxx

Very wise of you, Sue, to recognize the calls to withdraw, gather yourself back, and restore. I understand what you mean, and you’ve given word to it beautifully here. The swans are exquisite! Such elegant and graceful beings. xoxo Love, Jamie

You are reconnected with your creative self,and I am gladly reconnected with you,my dearest friend Sue!I know you can sense you’re always in my thoughts although it took me ages to come to your place.The pressure of catching up has completely disorganised me and I wanted to come to your sanctuary to boost my morale.Old January left us and Baby Feb made its first steps.I have some 600 emails to sort out,I am far behind;but overjoyed I stepped into your holy land 🙂
I intented to start with your previous spiritual “wealth” I had missed,but I’ll go through this post now and then go on with the rest 🙂 ❤

I so know that pressure.. I am afraid my own absence Brought me over 1,000 emails.. I have just had to wipe them and concentrate on those who comment here first and work my way around those first.. and then go to my reader to catch up with others.. Loved that you are catching up, and know the length of time it all takes.. Your presence upon one post is all I need.. Love to you dear Doda xxx

It’s a good thing to know when to pull away and take care of you. The energy of other’s can be vitalizing or depleting. We instinctively know when to retreat…following the intuition without guilt is difficult when it’s people you’re around daily. Can’t wait to see your projects! Blessings to you.

Sue, what a touching and intimate sharing of your deepest feelings. We all get caught up in the collective mindset from time to time, no matter where it seems to be headed. It’s why I’ve chosen living in virtual isolation most of my life. Like you, I’m empathic and open and generally positive, but it takes vigilance to remain that way in the face of these kinds of sea changes. And we simply must take care our ourselves, for there are few who truly understand this level of sensitivity. I love Elaine Aron’s book The Highly Sensitive Person – lots of great wisdom in there for those who desire it. An oldie but a goodie. Blessings to you for taking time to take care. Love, Bela

You will so know then dear Bela how we need our own space and learn what is our own emotion and that which we are tapping into.. Nurturing ourselves is important, and thank you for sharing the book title I had not come across it… Love and Blessings your way dear Bela I appreciate you sharing… xxx ❤

I should have come earlier,your thoughts exude the well-known “Sue tranquility” no matter what happens around us.We experience numerous feelings everyday,they are clear,we can easily define and handle with them.The real problem is with the strong emotional feelings which are badly neglected and usually remain unconscious within us because we don’t know how to discuss with ourselves.We usually live in deception and in complete unawareness which is against our eudaimonia.Do we do it consciously or unconsciously?Your beautiful thoughts and your symbolic,reflective photos with the happy swan family are so much help for your readers,dear friend!The journey is long and the negativity that prevails in the world right now,as you mentioned,makes it rough as well.You are a restless mind seeking the big truths that bring peace of mind and self-assurance.Of course the needs and desires are different for each one of us,but the way we approach such issues doesn’t differ,I suppose.Most stimulating post, influential and spiritual deep thoughts!Sending you so much love and kind thoughts,Sue dear 🙂 ❤ xxx

Thank you for directing me again dear Doda, I had missed this one upon my comment listings..
Many thanks for your perceptions… Yes we each handle things in our different ways, and I am so pleased you see how going through these experiences and showing my readers we all of us are one family.. each seeking, each learning and each swimming along the river of life…I so thank you dearest Doda for your understanding and wonderful way with words that you have.. I so appreciate your thoughts.. Many thanks dear friend xx

Even the Buddha needed to take regular retreats away from his monastic orders so as to dwell in purity of mind, in the forest, dear Sue. I was amazed to hear that you had over 1,000 emails in your inbox, and have sometimes wondered if the blogging ever seems a little too demanding at times. I have found a good level for me is one post a month – although we are all quite different of course – and I really would find the interaction excessive were I to write more. Balance is the key, more than meeting our imagined obligations, do you not think? H ❤

Yes a lot of emails.. 🙂 but I do not sit and wade them any more.. LOL.. though I used to get through a good portion of them.. I am balancing dear Hariod.. Though I know dear friend you visit many 🙂 and I love reading your often wise comments.. 🙂 you leave behind you.. I could not be like some and post every day… 🙂 I would never be away from the computer LOL.. So love your thoughtfulness dear Hariod.. Thank you my friend for watching out for my wellbeing 🙂 you are so loved xxx

Dear Sue, it is so very important to take time for yourself. I’ve told many people, “You can’t take care of anyone else if you don’t take care of yourself.” Thanks for the wonderful swan pictures. Have a fabulous February. Hugs.

I have missed you Sue but understand and relate well. I hope you take all the. Time necessary in peace and serenity. Your post today lets us all look more closely at our emotional needs and if we are tending them. We. Are like gardens. We need our own tender loving care. Much love to you Sue. ❤

Dear Sue, first of all, the swan pictures are lovely. The signets are surely a sign that you are on the right track with your new projects.
I used to live by a small river in Surrey and amongst many other wonderful things of nature, there were always swans, stopping me in my tracks to simply gaze upon their elegance, grace and beauty, They seemed so perfect and at ease in their own skin (feathers).
You have been urged to take time away from your empathic responses, to rest and allow your own self to renew and re-energise. It is well that you know how to listen to your inner promptings.
God Bless xx

Thank you Teri.. 🙂 yes these beauties swam up to where I was walking, and they brought with them their Peaceful grace.. I think we both have to listen to our inner guidance.. Or we may drown in our tears 😉 Sending love and Blessings your way.. ❤

Hi, Sue. I am glad to hear you have found a way to protect yourself. The world is very noisy at the moment and I too have had a hard time keeping positive thoughts as the constant negative news has seeped in. I look forward to hearing more about your time away.

P.S. TheEcoGrandma site no longer exists, I was hacked and couldn’t afford to restore it. if you want to find me again I am blogging at livingindenim.wordpress.com

Oh Lois so sorry to hear your lovely blog is no more and was hacked how awful.. I have pressed follow, and will be around this week.. Yes we need time away from the negative .. Sending you love will be catching up soon.. xxx

Bless you Mary.. 🙂 Yes the away time from the blogging world was needed as I switched off everything 🙂 and got down to my creative side again.. I also look forward to sharing them Mary.. and thank you dear friend for your kind wishes xxx Love and Blessings xxx Sue

Paul, many thanks again.. you are not forgotten by the way, and it is good to be back, although I am not on WP as often visiting… But I will be catching up with you very soon.. 🙂 Thank you for your wonderful support 🙂

A touching post Sue and ‘touching’ is what is missing in our modern world.
Many people will empathise with this emotional feeling as it is so prevalent today.
Of mobile phones, TV, PC and all the abstract diversions from reality.
The world of technology is advancing faster than we can adjust.
The machine evolution is evolving faster than man, it is taking control of our lives.
To step back as you are doing is a move in the right direction.
I look forward to your future posts I am sure they will show a way to cope with the ‘race of the humans’ to become winners over machines.
It will take all our intelligence to win over ‘IT’
My blogging friends Sue are like paintings some like Leonardo others Picasso.
As admirable as they are they cannot compare with Mother Natures serenity and beauty.
Real flesh and blood friends with a friendly smile the touch of a hand and the warm look. We must not neglect the ones close within easy reach. In our cities many people do not know their neighbours. Building walls of distrust. Pauline’s garden has no walls https://pommepal.wordpress.com/2014/11/05/come-walk-with-me-in-the-garden/ The balance of yin and yang as you say are necessary needed.
Thank you for caring and sharing as you do. _/\_

Dearest Jack, you always say just the right things I need to hear.. 🙂 and I agree entirely with you about connecting with real flesh and blood friends…And I thank you kindly also for the category of your blogging friends.. you too fall into that category 🙂 .. Since my absence I have found it even harder to switch on the PC 🙂 as I am so enjoying learning my new craft 🙂 all to share soon 🙂
Thank you for Paulines Link.. Pauline and your good self have a remarkable garden Jack.. And you both know I feel how to balance the yin and yang
Many thanks for being such a great friend.. _/\_

To go with the flow of nature Sue and when you feel like posting do so and it will be a win win situation.
As all your followers benefit from your blogging, but many of them realise keeping up with so many followers comments, as you do, is not easy.
All those 🙂 Sue when you are smiling the whole world smiles with you.:-)
I am pleased with your nice comments but if you feel pressured keeping up a like is just fine.
All I can say Sue is you are important to us and I beleive I can speak for every one thank you Sue for what you do. _/\_

Awww, thank you Jack, your kind supportive words mean the world to me.. And I take on board all of your advice, and promise I will make sure I get plenty of rest.. You will smile very soon when you see what long term project I have take up LOL.. A future post when I have had more practice will be published 🙂 In the mean time there will be more on my Garden 🙂 Many thanks my friend _/\_

It sounds like a mental cleansing to help bring calm to you mental physical being. Sometimes we just need to unplug. I use to do that when my children were small. I’m trying to read up these emails from yesterday and today so I can spend the evening reading a book I am so enjoying.

I so look forward in reading your thoughts, Sue. Beautiful images of the swans … They brought to me such Peace and Tranquility. Please keep me in your prayers. My Mom is not doing well and I don’t expect her to live past this year. The docs have majorly brilliantly manipulated and lied and still are. My sis and I are trying to get my Mom to see truth and choose Hospice over chemo. LONG story. Just know the post today is for HOPE that we all can just hang on. xoxoxo

She is in advanced kidney cancer and as of today has begun chemo which is going to kill her. I have a post coming tomorrow that explains what I must try to get accomplished in order to get down to see her before it is too late. Oh, Sue! I just lost my Dad last year. I don’t know how I am going to do this. Honestly. God bless you for your prayers. I am asking everyone for them tomorrow. Love, Amy ❤

Mark, I took a glance at your latest post and I only had time to glance through it, yet this I do know, you know what you are talking about. This process I find myself in with my Mom has gotten lighter, and easier due to the decisions she is making. I’m letting go. This is a LONG complex story about dysfunctional families. She is closing the door on our openness that I only had for 2 short months. How I would Love to tell her that where she is headed she won’t even want to come on back. I was also shown how Lessons are now in action for some in this family and I am not involved. I feel a Peace today after days of torture. Sign after sign was given and sure enough those who are deemed “family” by my mother are once again priority. I cannot explain it but I just feel disconnected right now, calm, where for days I was a basket case. I will have to come back to your blog to read in depth your post. I thank you for taking the time to comment to me. I am truly touched you did. Bless you. I also had a NDE so I to really know death is the most glorious experience we will ever have on this side of the veil. 🙂 ❤

Thank you for the reply Amy. They are hard journeys, but as you said, I think you have seen all that you need from those interactions with your mom, because you did come closer to her to touch and feel what you both needed to see in that love that was shared in that short time.
You have stepped through that pain and understood what is in your heart. And because of that it is bringing that healing and peace within. In that I am happy for you, as it will bring a conclusion to so much hurt and pain that you have experienced.

I have to admit the timing of my post has been quite ‘unusual’ (says I about spirits timing 🙂 ), as it has helped others as spirit said it would.
And thank you for your confirmation of my journey, it is good to hear of others and their experiences as well. I would love to hear of your NDE, when and if time permits, if you felt up to even expressing it, as they are a very personal experience.

Sending much love and light Amy, may that connection with your mom bring you a peace and a love that you both deserve. Mark xo

I love those pictures, which exude love, calmness and harmony…so much in tune with your thoughts. Solitude is a blessing as it connects us with our emotions and intuition…I appreciate the way you retreat into solitude to connect with your real self. Stay blessed dear friend and keep passing those vibes of positivity through your words… 🙂 much love and hugs.

Yes our solitude does reconnect us with our inner selves, and it enables us to listen to our inner guidance.. Many thanks for you generous Blessings dear Balroop, you understand me and the need we have to withdraw within ourselves from time to time.. Many thanks my friend.. Love and hugs returned xx

Sue, you are brave to be honest about your feelings and the effects and tolls they have taken from you. I applaud your positive intentions and attempts to keep charge over your own destiny. Good luck to you, my friend, and may your beliefs bring you strength.

Welcome back, dear Sue 😀
You are such a great inspiration for us to learn by. Sometimes I find it necessary to close all electronic and take a long walk in the nature. This recharge my inner batteries. I’m looking forward to read more about your experiences.
Much love ❤ Irene

Dearest Irene.. I hope also you are feeling recovered, and I so thank you for your support and well wishes.. I think we all have to step away from time to time, and gather new energies around ourselves.. Love and Hugs to you ❤ xxx Sue

Sounds like you have had some great times:) I should need that to, some silence by myself to find my way back… Now with studies, work and all the other “obligations” to my loved ones, this want happen. But it gives me some energy to read your thoughts, look forward to you coming posts:)
Hugs<3

Gosh,Sue, I do understand. As a sensitive, we are more impacted by the vibration of our world and must therefore spend more time in quiet reflection. I had my first “nervous breakdown” just before I turned 14. Had to move away from home for a year. There were several that followed until I finally realized I must remain true to my nature and withdraw a lot more than most. Good things can come from this and I’m glad you are feeling that it did. I will check back in with you when I return home but in the meantime, I will carry you in my heart and wish you peace. Giant hugs.M

Sue, I look forward to your sharing your methods of finding inner peace. I know well what it’s like to absorb too much energy from our surroundings. I too like to climb into a hole at such times to regroup and rebalance, so I hear you, and hope you’re feeling better. I suppose being an empath is both a blessing and a curse. ❤

I am much brighter within myself thank you Debbie, but still pacing myself here on the net for a time… To be honest I am so enjoying my new projects I have set about writing a post 3 times now and still not finished it 🙂 as I keep changing it.. 🙂 I don’t think I would change who I am though Deb,for I guess I wouldn’t be me otherwise 🙂 Have a wonderful Wednesday Evening 🙂

Ah, can relate Sue…again 🙂 I think it’s important to acknowledge these times and honour them, take the time to process what we are feeling and what is trying to make itself known. What a long journey! I often wish I could just be “normal” and “do’ what everyone else seems to do, just get on! But, I am me, you are you…all of us different 🙂 And that’s ok. I was reading about something yesterday that had me just sitting on the couch staring out the window all day, a whole day wasted from what I intended, a whole day I am still not quite sure what was about but that’s my life right now…I will find my answers one day, you will too. xx

So lovely to have you visit Wendy .. Thank you dear Wendy, I know how we both seem to hit the same part of our road along our separate journeys 🙂 I doubt that you day was fully wasted Wendy, you rested even if your mind was a pondering 🙂 and yes one day I hope we find many more answers.. Love to you ❤ Hugs Sue xxx

Well dear Sue although much has been pre-scheduled I have been lout of it and still am! Having moved from one box city to another where the population seems to have exploded not with people but with boxes and now that we are esconced in Devon we are keeping the local donation bank and eco park going single handed. Ha, ha 🙂 Still it is good to be back in Blighty.
So glad you are back and refreshed and can only echo the many good wishes that you stay with us for a while. Love, David

Glad to hear you are now in Good old Blighty 🙂 David, and wading your way through those boxes.. I am sure the local donation bank has been very pleased to see you.. 🙂 Apologies for not catching your updates David… Hope to do that over the next few days.. And Welcome Back also 🙂

Totally understand. Somehow disconnecting really does make us more connected. It’s an oxymoron. I figured out not too long ago that I’m an empath. It’s one of the reasons I had to leave my teaching job in 2012. The climate was so negative and the morale so low that I absorbed all that energy from those teachers. Oh how they wanted to do good and be good and make a difference in the lives of their students! But they suffered for in the US it is a climate that is rather hostile toward teachers. I went home upset every day and knew that I had to find something that would make me sing once again. Knowing that now, I am MUCH more careful in the types of jobs I’ll accept and now, being the director, I get to create the environment I want for the kids who come to my program: it’s a program of love and acceptance, of positive discipline and natural consequences. Love this and sending hugs to you! xoxo

Oh How I would love to be one of your students Lol 🙂 Yes even in primary schools the pressures now placed upon teachers here in the UK is so great.. It is no longer just about good teaching practices, its about budgets and reaching figures of performance.. My Son told me that the Acting head teacher had also resigned last week she had been standing in the for Head who is off on sick leave with a nervous breakdown.. So I so understand the climate of who the teaching world can be so so stressful..
And yes stepping back for me has reconnected Me to Myself 🙂 .. Lots of Love xxx

I am so pleased you took time out Sue and now feeling refreshed.
Solitude is wonderful, it is with Nature and stroll around my garden taking in all the Wildlife. My best friends are out there , and I treat them with respect.
Your words and your posts are wonderful Sue.
Looking forward t o your posts to come.
Hugs and have a lovely weekend.

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